Illuminating Videos – Leaders Everywhere: A conversation with Gary HamelToday a leader is expected to be a perfect mix of the innovation instincts of Steve Jobs, the political skills of Lee Kuan Yew and the emotional intelligence of Desmond Tutu! But how many leaders have these characteristics? And what is the alternative? Management writer and academic Gary …

Mutters – The Pretenders of Strategic Planning Have you heard…. “Strategy is a waste of time.” “The agenda is just like last year where we achieved nothing.” “We got no real direction, and nothing we agreed was ever implemented afterwards”. Sound familiar? The typical company strategy planning process involves a few days at a remote …

Mutters – Big Data Doesn’t Make You Smarter Have you heard ….. big data relies on a very big assumption: that having more data gives organisations better understanding of their environment. The apostles of big data preach that it will make organisations smarter. In fact, the opposite is true: big data dulls an organisation’s strategic senses. …

Mutters – How good is your strategy? Have you heard ….. if you want a decent strategy, you need a firm grasp of reality, which means avoiding bad strategies. How do you define bad strategies? According to Richard Rumelt, author of “Good Strategy Bad Strategy“, they are characterised by one or more of the following factors: Fluff – …

Have you heard……. failure is one of the biggest indicators of future success in an entrepreneur. Many venture capitalists won’t invest in a new enterprise if the founder has never undergone failure – why? From failed efforts it is proven that we have our best learning experiences, we grow, and we gain the experiences necessary …

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2014 ANSWERS Robert Steele to Richard Olivier of Findhorn on Leadership for the 21st Century • What do 21st century leaders need to know and who do they need to be? • How can we develop these capacities? • What, on a systemic level, is blocking the needed leadership evolution? • What is missing from …